Mercedes Bunz
Encyclopedia
Mercedes Bunz is a German
art historian, philosopher and journalist
.
in 1991, Bunz studied philosophy
and history of art
at the Freie Universität Berlin. In 1997 together with Sascha Kösch, Riley Reinhold, and Benjamin Weiss she founded the Berlin music monthly De:Bug
, becoming its co-editor and editor-in-chief from 1999 till 2001.
Hence, she was awarded a scholarship by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, enabling her to graduate at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
with Joseph Vogl, writing about the history of the internet between the 1950s and the 1980s. Her dissertation thesis was published as a non-fiction book in 2008.
Having worked as a freelance journalist for a while, Bunz became a lecturer at Universität Bielefeld. In that same year she also began working for Berlin city magazine zitty before running the on-line business of the German daily Tagesspiegel.
In 2009, she joined the London-based newspaper The Guardian
, becoming there a media and technology reporter. Bunz stayed with the Guardian until the beginning of 2011, most notably following events in on-line journalism
and the booming Social networking websites.
In 2010 Bunz was awarded the Fachjournalisten-Preis by the German association of specialist editors, or Deutscher Fachjournalisten-Verband.
Bunz writes for the German internet magazines Telepolis
and Carta.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
art historian, philosopher and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
.
Life
After passing her final exams at the Celtis-Gymnasium secondary school in the German town of SchweinfurtSchweinfurt
Schweinfurt is a city in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria in Germany on the right bank of the canalized Main, which is here spanned by several bridges, 27 km northeast of Würzburg.- History :...
in 1991, Bunz studied philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
and history of art
History of art
The History of art refers to visual art which may be defined as any activity or product made by humans in a visual form for aesthetical or communicative purposes, expressing ideas, emotions or, in general, a worldview...
at the Freie Universität Berlin. In 1997 together with Sascha Kösch, Riley Reinhold, and Benjamin Weiss she founded the Berlin music monthly De:Bug
Debug (magazine)
De:Bug is a monthly magazine based in Berlin, covering "electronic aspects of life." Following this new definition of culture, the magazine keeps track of electronic music styles such as techno, electro or house, as well as all intersections of daily life with digital technology, it describes the...
, becoming its co-editor and editor-in-chief from 1999 till 2001.
Hence, she was awarded a scholarship by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, enabling her to graduate at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
The Bauhaus-University Weimar is a university located in Weimar, Germany and specializes in the artistic and technical fields. Established in 1860 as the Great Ducal Saxon Art School, it gained collegiate status on 3 June 1910 and received its present name in 1996...
with Joseph Vogl, writing about the history of the internet between the 1950s and the 1980s. Her dissertation thesis was published as a non-fiction book in 2008.
Having worked as a freelance journalist for a while, Bunz became a lecturer at Universität Bielefeld. In that same year she also began working for Berlin city magazine zitty before running the on-line business of the German daily Tagesspiegel.
In 2009, she joined the London-based newspaper The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, becoming there a media and technology reporter. Bunz stayed with the Guardian until the beginning of 2011, most notably following events in on-line journalism
Online journalism
Online journalism is defined as the reporting of facts when produced and distributed via the Internet.As of 2009, audiences for online journalism continue to grow...
and the booming Social networking websites.
In 2010 Bunz was awarded the Fachjournalisten-Preis by the German association of specialist editors, or Deutscher Fachjournalisten-Verband.
Bunz writes for the German internet magazines Telepolis
Telepolis
Telepolis is the name of a German Internet magazine, published by the Heinz Heise Verlag since the beginning of 1996. It was founded by journalists Armin Medosch and Florian Rötzer and deals with privacy, science, culture, internet-related and general politics and media.Telepolis received the...
and Carta.
Writings
- Mercedes Bunz: Vom Speicher zum Verteiler – Die Geschichte des Internet. Kulturverlag Kadmos, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86599-025-9.
- Mercedes Bunz: Digitale Wahrheiten. In: edition unseld. 43, Suhrkamp, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-518-26043-2.
- Mercedes Bunz: Logik der Technik. Das Denken und die Digitalisierung. In: FAZ.NET. 24 January 2011, retrieved 11 June 2011.
External links
- Mercedes Bunz – Homepage and blog
- Mercedes Bunz über das Internet als Waldspaziergang. In: Video podcast Elektrischer Reporter. No. 27. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2011 (an interview in which Bunz unfolds part of her thinking on the electronic media; in German).
- Her intervention at RSLN: "Algorithms will never replace journalists".